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Privacy Chiefs Vanish From C-Suites as Data Threats Surge

The title of chief privacy officer is fading away, signaling that privacy may not be as important to the C-suite as it once was even as new laws proliferate and regulators keep watch.

AI Tools Must Guard Against Hacks and Data Leaks, US Says

The risks that generative artificial intelligence models will leak private health information, enable cyberattacks, and produce incorrect answers should be addressed by the technology sector, according to guidance laid out Friday by US government scientists.

TikTok Data Collection Is National Security Threat, DOJ Says

The US Justice Department said TikTok collected user information on sensitive topics, making it a national security threat that justifies a law to ban the popular social-media app in the US if its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. doesn’t divest.

Bloomingdale’s Defeats Session-Replay Class Action In Maryland

Bloomingdale’s Inc. and Bloomingdales.com LLC convinced a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the retailer’s website disclosed website visitor’s personal information in violation of Maryland wiretapping and invasion of privacy laws.

Olympics’ AI Security Stokes Backlash Over Mass Surveillance

The Paris Summer Olympics that begin Friday include among the most public and controversial rollouts ever of algorithmic video surveillance, an AI event-security technology that uses machine learning to analyze video footage in real time to detect—and even predict—threats and other anomalies.

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TikTok Data Collection Is National Security Threat, DOJ Says

The US Justice Department said TikTok collected user information on sensitive topics, making it a national security threat that justifies a law to ban the popular social-media app in the US if its China-based parent company ByteDance Ltd. doesn’t divest.

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